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Sapper RICHARD GEORGE TONKIN

Service Number: 1882243
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

116 Road Constr. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ILE (L'HERBAUDIERE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas Tonkin and Hilda Maud Tonkin, of Newquay, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ILE (L'HERBAUDIERE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vendee France
Number of casualties: 40
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